Blog Entries by Barbara Ann Radnofsky

Last week, the Texas attorney general lambasted his critics for saying he shouldn't have sued the federal government over health care reform. In his op-ed published in the Houston Chronicle ("Critics were wrong about states' health reform case," Page B7, Saturday), the attorney general relied on a ruling by a...

In his rush to intervene in the now nationally famous gay divorce case, the Texas Attorney General has made a big legal mistake. He wrongly challenged the jurisdiction of the District Court. If the District Court made an error, the AG had a full remedy: the traditional appeal.

Why did the Texas Attorney General file a Petition on September 23, 2010 requesting set-aside of federal education dollars after the Secretary of Education agreed to hold the funds for Texas? Why was the AG FOR the Governor's written assurances of...

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced yesterday that they were filing charges against Texas billionaires Samuel and Charles Wyly for massive securities fraud. The brothers along with their law firm Bickel & Brewer have donated a total of $132,750 to Mr. Abbott. The Wyly brothers donated $85,000 ($42,500...

The Goldman announcement of mistake and corrective measures are excellent new evidence of negligence, apart from the fraud we allege in my proposed State litigation. Goldman Sachs settled fraud allegations brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. By paying over half a billion dollars to settle, Goldman Sachs...

As taxpayers we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests. What happens when the very companies that our elected officials should regulate enter the six- and seven-figure levels in their generous campaign contributions?

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's May 3 BP oil spill press conference following his BP briefing resulted in his declaration that BP had, up to May 3, made "all the right actions and all the right comments." Abbott's bravado and praise of BP is matched only by BP following the...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced today at a press conference that BP has made "all the right actions and all the right comments" but that the Attorney General's office would be watching to "ensure that BP's action lives up to its current words." Governor Rick Perry was quoted as...

The big difference between the new federal health care law and the system in Texas is that we in Texas have a public option, suggested by and administered by the office of the Texas Attorney General, to provide a reasonable cost option to parents who are now mandated to provide...

Texas Attorney General Abbott, running for re-election, has chosen his battleground issue. He has intervened in an Austin divorce case involving two women, married in Massachusetts, with an adopted son. The AG claims they may not be legally granted a divorce, and has filed a brief arguing the marriage should...

On December 30, the Texas Attorney General challenged the Senate version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, joining a letter from 13 state Attorneys General to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate. The Texas Attorney General issued his

Right wing pundits are howling over my claim that a 2005 Texas constitutional amendment didn't ban gay marriage; it bans all marriage. The Constitution provides, in very clear language, that Texas "may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage." In our justice system, when...